Many modelers have talked to Ted Paris. He and Jon Warneke are
the people behind Commanders/ Iron Shipwright Models. When you cal the ISW
toll free telephone number, the voice at the other end of the line is Tedís.
What few people know is that Tedís family name of Paris, was not always such.
When his family came through Ellis Island his familyís name was changed to
Paris from Parisi. Since his ancestors came from Italy, Ted and his wife, Deb,
make visits to Italy almost yearly. Each time they visit Giampiero Galeotti
of Regia Marina. What goes on during these visits? Curious minds want to
know.

When photographs broke of the secret meeting between Jacques Druel of LíArsenal
and Yiannis Sagiadinos of YS Master Pieces (Click
for Coverage on that Secret Meeting), it was not known what prompted the
secret meeting. Now it surfaces that earlier this year in April, there was a
secret conference between Commanders/Iron Shipwright and Regia Marina
held aboard Tedís luxury yacht in the Bay of Naples. Clearly the subsequent
Franco-Greek meeting was in response to this secret Italian-American meeting. If
you get out a map of Europe and draw a straight line from Caen, home of LíArsenal,
to the Greek Island of Corfu, home of YS Master Pieces, it runs
suspiciously close to Rome (Roma), Italy, home of Giampiero Galeotti of Regia
Marina. Clearly Jacques was up to some aerial reconnaissance and photography
of Regia Marina operations and products in his sorties to and from Corfu.

Ted and Giampiero must have known they might be observed, so they moved their
secret meeting south of Rome to the Bay of Naples on Ted's luxury yacht. First
Ted examined the new masters that Giampiero had created for the Regia Marina
line up. Things were proceeding swimmingly, as Ted eagerly shopped in Naples for
new figurines for his automobileís dashboard. However, it was then discovered
that Ted had consumed all of the Chianti that was acquired for a big party that
evening and for a time that put a cloud on the events.

After the meeting, everybody became cheerful again, largely prompted by Tedís
restroom problem and "accident" at Pompei, which was
highly amusing for everybody else. Special thanks go to Giampiero Galeotti
of Regia Marina for providing these photographs. Most of the photographs
also show Enrico, interpreter and counsel, for the two.